A U.S. Muslim advocacy group Tuesday asked the Federal Election Commission to investigate whether a nonprofit group that distributed a controversial DVD about Islam in newspapers nationwide is a "front" for an Israel-based group with a stealth goal of helping Republican presidential candidate John McCain.

Court confirmation that Michael Vick will enter a guilty plea in a federal dogfighting case slipped out almost quietly Monday, in contrast to the packed courtroom, media blitz and throng of picketers likely next week when the fallen star quarterback of the Atlanta Falcons arrives in court to make his plea.